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1907 · PDF PAGE 82

The Star in the West

… all the snares of life , finds ultimately that all his woes are but a teardrop to be swallowed up in that boundless ocean of love - the heart of a. chaste and loving wife . And so did Ahinoam in Jephthah when he said : And my wife's eyes were welcome more desired Than chains of roses , and the song of children , And swinging palm branches , and milk - white - elders .? 2 1 Orpheus , vol . iii, p . 218 . Jephthah , vol . i, p . 82 .

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1909 · PDF PAGE 68

John St. John

…as suddenly come back. Was it that Hatha—Yoga sandwich? I go on copying the Ritual. Copying finished. I will go and dine, and learn it by heart, humbly and thoughtfully. The illumination of it can be finished, with a little luck, in two more days. I am disinclined to use the Ritual until it is beautifully coloured. As Zoroaster saith : “ God is never so much turned away from man, and never so much sendeth him new paths, as when he maketh ascent to divine speculations or works, in a confused or disordered manner, and (as the oracle adds) with unha…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 202

The Winged Beetle

…e girl, you ought to accept him at once. He will make you an excellent husband—I wish it. [Pompously.] It has ever been the desire of my heart to see my Phemie happily mated before I lay my old bones in the grave. EUPHEMIA. But I don’t love him. He’s a quirk. OSSORY. Tut ! Nonsense ! Appetite comes with eating. EUPHEMIA. But I don’t care for hors d’oeuvre. OSSORY. Euphemia, this is a very serious matter for your poor old father. EUPHEMIA. What have you got to do with it ? Really, father—— OSSORY. I have everything to do with it. The fact is, my…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 49

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…he Ego. This fell on Fra. Ρ. with the force of a thunderbolt. He had always known this in an intellectual way; now it stabbed him to the heart. Through the rest of the drive he sat silent, and in the bustle of the succeeding days of “Bandobast” for his newly projected walk through China, this awakening stood behind his mind, alert and operative. From Calcutta he proceeded to Rangoon (Nov. 3—6), where 9

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1912 · PDF PAGE 49

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…he Ego. This fell on Fra. Ρ. with the force of a thunderbolt. He had always known this in an intellectual way; now it stabbed him to the heart. Through the rest of the drive he sat silent, and in the bustle of the succeeding days of “Bandobast” for his newly projected walk through China, this awakening stood behind his mind, alert and operative. From Calcutta he proceeded to Rangoon (Nov. 3—6), where 9

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1919 · PDF PAGE 356

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…sive, head cool, the Soul as firm and pure as flaming diamond, the radi- ance will not reach the CHAMBER, its sunlight will not warm the heart, nor will the mystic sounds of Akashic heights reach the ear, however eager, at the initial stage. The uniting of the Disciple with his Angel depends upon the former. The Latter is always at hand. “Akashic Heights”—the dwelling-place of Nuith. 34

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1919 · PDF PAGE 420

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… tive at this stage. One thinks of the joyous reception into the Company of Adepts. One goes almost as a boy goes to meet his first sweetheart. But there is here another allusion to the beginnings of Meditation, when everything seems so simple and straight- forward, and withal so easy and pleasant. There is some- thing intensely human about this. Men set out upon the most dangerous expeditions in high spirits. 29. And to the second gate the way is verdant too. But it is steep and winds up hill; yea, to its rocky top. Grey Mists will overhang it…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 90

The Star in the West

…ather on the twenty - fifth day : Mouth unto mouth ! O fairest ! mutely lying , Fire lambent laid on water , -0 ! the pain ! Kiss me , O heart , as if we both were dying ! | Alice , an Adultery , vol . ii, p . 73 . 2 lbid .

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1913 · PDF PAGE 164

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ent for each man is that the message should be accepted. And this message, whether it be interpreted in Tiphareth, the attainment of the Heart, or 124

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1913 · PDF PAGE 348

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…nd of love, all you who do not sanction paternal authority by the virtue of a good example! Those wretches were orphans in spirit and in heart, and they have avenged their birth. We live in a century when more than ever the family is misunderstood in all that it possesses which partakes of the august and the sacred: material interest is killing intelligence and love; the lessons of experience are despised, the things of God are hawked about the street. The flesh insults the spirit, fraud laughs in the face of loyalty. No more idealism, no more …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 164

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ent for each man is that the message should be accepted. And this message, whether it be interpreted in Tiphareth, the attainment of the Heart, or 124

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1913 · PDF PAGE 348

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…nd of love, all you who do not sanction paternal authority by the virtue of a good example! Those wretches were orphans in spirit and in heart, and they have avenged their birth. We live in a century when more than ever the family is misunderstood in all that it possesses which partakes of the august and the sacred: material interest is killing intelligence and love; the lessons of experience are despised, the things of God are hawked about the street. The flesh insults the spirit, fraud laughs in the face of loyalty. No more idealism, no more …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 422

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire— the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale—and that alone can guide. For as the lingering sunbeam, that on the top of some tall moun- tain shines, is followed by black night when out it fades, so is 100

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1943 · PDF PAGE 2

The Oriflamme, Vol. I, No. I

…orrent To rush from star to star; Your hair as a comet's horrent, Ye shall see things as they are! I lift the mask of matter; I open the heart of man; For I am of force to shatter The cast that hideth—Pan! Your loves shall lap up slaughter, And dabbled with roses of blood, Each desperate darling daughter Shall swim in the fervid flood I bring you laughter and tears The kisses that foam and bleed, The joys of a million years, The flowers that bear no seed. My life is bitter and sterile, Its flame is a wandering star. Ye shall pass in pleasure an…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 189

Collected Works (Vol. II)

PENTECOST 183 755 760 765 “Tt ~T qo 780 785 790 Out ofa stlver Tube a Dart Shooting God's Spirit to her heart—*! This beats the orthodox Dove-Suitor ! What explanation could be cuter Than—Gabriel with a pea-shooter? In such a conflict I stand neuter. Degradation of But oh mistake not gold for pewter ! sential identity The plain fact is : materialise of all forms of What spiritual fact you choose, existence. And all such turn to folly—-lose The subtle splendour, and the wise Love and dear bliss of truth. Beware Lest your lewd laughter set a snar…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 297

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…s? This real loss of a real chastity? This degradation not of the body, but of the soul? This white-hot curling flame—ice cold about her heart? This jagged lightning that tore her? This tarantula of slime that crawled up her spine? She felt the blood running from her breasts, and its foam at her mouth. Then suddenly the lights flamed up, and she found herself standing—reeling—her head sagging on his arm. Again he whispered in her ear. In his left hand was a little ebony box, a dark paste was in it. He rubbed a little on her lips. And yet a thir…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 297

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…s? This real loss of a real chastity? This degradation not of the body, but of the soul? This white-hot curling flame—ice cold about her heart? This jagged lightning that tore her? This tarantula of slime that crawled up her spine? She felt the blood running from her breasts, and its foam at her mouth. Then suddenly the lights flamed up, and she found herself standing—reeling—her head sagging on his arm. Again he whispered in her ear. In his left hand was a little ebony box, a dark paste was in it. He rubbed a little on her lips. And yet a thir…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 401

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… of him improves, or whether he fobs you off in your hour of need with remarks on Virtue. 3. Which wilt thou choose, O thou of dauntless heart? The Samtan of “Eye Doctrine,’ fourfold Dhyana, or thread thy way through Péramités, six in number, noble gates of virtue leading to Bodhi and to Pragny4G, seventh step of Wisdom? It must not be supposed that the Paths here indicated are all. Apparently the writer is still harping on the same old two Paths. It appears that “fourfold Dhyana” is a mere extension of the word Samtan. There are, however, eigh…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 76

John St. John

… holy man answered, as he went quietly to the cemetery, “I will await him here ! " So, therefore, there is one place, O thou thief of my heart’s love, Adonai, to which Thou must come at last ; and that place is the tomb in which lie buried all my thoughts and emotions, all that which is “ I, and Me, and Mine.” There will I lay myself and await thee, even as our Father Christian Rosenkreutz that laid himself in the Pastas in the Vault of the Mountain of the Caverns, Abiegnus, on whose portal did he cause to be written the words, “ Post Lux Cruci…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 283

Magick Without Tears

…e Hierophant. Thus eleven, as my bride is eleven. ( 15-16) I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. (22) I am alone: there is no God where I am. (23) I am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one. There is great danger in me; for who doth not understand these runes shall make a great miss. He shal…

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